To:A. O. ALSKY[1]

Written:Written on September 5, 1921Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 53.

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Secret5/IX.

ComradeAlsky:

Theremust be a close watch on the spending of the gold
stock.

Perhapsyou could do the following:

havethis table compiled.

In
handOf this allocated
( =issue allowed^)

Unallocated
stock in hand

Gold Stock
by 7.XI.1917
7.XI.1918
 ” ” 1919
7.XI.1920
1.I.1921
1.VII.1921
or 1.IX (7.IX).1921

Inother words, the table should give a full picture of the
amount issued and theavailable stock(by a definite date).

Letus draw up the table in such a way that the
horizontal graphs should run on (current statistics) by months.
Let us have this mobile and regularly filled-in table be
kept over at your People’s Commissariat for Finance.

Sendme a copy of it by 1.IX.1921, and then send in
weekly additions (current expenditure).

Thetotal must include all goldwithout anyexceptions.

Pleasewrite me when you can let me have it.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.P.C.

£Perhapshere we shall have to add two or three
vertical graphs: amount already sent out of Russia, i.e., paid
out. Also perhaps: refused payment or reduced amount, etc.

[1]Areport on the gold stock and its expenditure was submitted to    

Lenin by the People’s Commissariat for Finance. On September       

14, 1921, the C.C. Politbureau instructed A. O. Alsky to see       

that all expenditures of the gold stock were strictly accounted    

for. See also this volume, Document 371; present edition, Vol.     

42, p. 342.